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Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico

Print version ISSN 2074-4706On-line version ISSN 2309-9038

Abstract

GAVIRIA, Alejandro; PANIZZA, Ugo  and  SEDDON WALLACK, Jessica. Economic, Social and Demographic Determinants of Political Participation in Latin America: Evidence from the 1990s. rlde [online]. 2004, n.3, pp.151-182. ISSN 2074-4706.

This paper uses international data on voter turnout and individual-level data to describe levels and distribution of political participation in Latin America. The paper finds that, while voter turnout in Latin America is rather low, the analysis of more general indicators of political activism reveals that participation is fairly homogenous across socio-economic strata. The finding that participation in Latin America, though low, is comparatively egalitarian seems to partly contradict the perception that Latin America's history has been one of exclusion and marginalization.

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